Yan Wan is reborn as a legitimate wife: Curing Ruyi's Douyi syndrome

At Jingqin's instruction, the security in the capital was much tighter than in previous years for the imperial examinations, and many troublemakers were apprehended by the Imperial Guards who arrived on the scene before they could even make a move.

At this time, it was the time for the Feathered Guards to distinguish themselves, so they naturally wouldn't hold back. Moreover, with Irgen Gioro Yiwen having already shown righteousness by killing his own family, the others were naturally no less ruthless, showing no regard for relatives and simply arresting and taking away their captors.

The Dali Temple's prisons were almost overflowing, with several convicts sharing a cell. How could these pampered young masters endure that? They shouted and yelled in their cells every day, and when threats proved ineffective, they resorted to crying and begging for mercy...

However, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, understanding the Emperor's intentions, stubbornly resisted. Whether it was the threats from the young masters or the intimidation from the powerful figures outside, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review remained unmoved and ignored them.

The offender, who had been locked up in his cell for a long time, hurriedly asked when the jailer came to open the door, "Are you letting us out?"

The jailer said, "It's still early. Your sentences have been handed down. Now we'll bring you to the court to confess your crimes. After the verdict, you'll be sent to the Ministry of Justice for execution."

The offenders were surprised that the Dali Temple actually dared to sentence them, and they immediately started shouting. Some even tried to run away together because of their numbers.

The jailers were not to be trifled with either. The Dali Temple was no ordinary county government office, and they immediately saw through these people's intentions, threatening, "Silence! What do you think this place is? How dare you cause trouble in the Dali Temple?"

There are more guards than just me in this prison. If you have the guts, try to run away. If you do, it will be considered an escape from justice, and you'll be registered as a criminal. If you don't escape, it will be considered an attempted escape from justice, and your crime will be three degrees more serious.

These people had been locked up for a long time, and the jailer's scare terrified them, so they dared not make a sound and obediently followed him out.

……

In the courtroom, the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review announced the verdict: "...Irgen Gioro Yiqi, Chunjia Erqi, Jia Yulian, Jia Yubao, Jia Yubu... and others were sentenced to sixty strokes of the cane and exiled to Lingnan for forcibly abducting a woman in the street."

Irgen Gioro Yiqi and the others were dumbfounded. They thought that detaining them for half a month was the end of the punishment. They did not expect that the Dali Temple would be so ruthless and actually deal with them according to the rules!

The offender was about to stand up and cause trouble when the jailers quickly put him in shackles and took him to the Ministry of Justice prison. The Dali Temple also posted the verdict outside the notice board.

Such a display of power, where even the emperor is subject to the same laws as commoners, terrified everyone in the capital into silence. Families that usually doted on their children stopped doing so, and spoiled brats no longer dared to be dissolute.

Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

This palace examination produced a total of 247 successful candidates. Among them, three were ranked in the first class, with Lin Jiang being the third-ranked scholar. There were 92 candidates in the second class, including 16 female candidates. There were 158 candidates in the third class, including 37 female candidates.

Before the list of successful candidates, some are happy while others are sad.

The three Jia sisters, Jia Tan, Jia Ying, and Jia Xi, along with Lin Jiang and Xue Qiong, watched the list with trepidation.

Jia Tan exclaimed in surprise, "She passed! She passed! Sister Lin is third in the first class! She's the third-ranked scholar!"

Jia Ying chimed in, "Sister Xue Qiong also passed, ranking eleventh in the second class!"

Jia Xi exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Tan! You are thirteenth in the second class!"

Lin Jiang: "Sister Ying is ranked seventy-third in the second class."

Xue Qiong: "Qi-mei is ranked twenty-fourth in the top three. She is the youngest among us, so this ranking is already quite remarkable."

Seeing the unfriendly looks from those around her, Lin Jiang quickly said, "You all hurry back to the manor to tell Grandmother and Aunt Xue the good news! I also need to go back to the manor to tell Father!"

Everyone: "Yes! Let's go back quickly."

Ling Yun and Gu Jing arrived together. Hearing the five sisters' exclamations, they smiled, secretly noted their own rankings, and made no further announcement.

Gu Jing was the top student in the second class, and Ling Yun happened to be the twelfth student in the second class.

古府

The Imperial Censor sat upright in the hall, while his wife sat beside him, looking around and occasionally asking the servants, "Has Jing'er returned?"

The Imperial Censor, his beard bristling and eyes wide, reprimanded, "Haste makes waste! What kind of behavior is this!"

The censor's wife rolled her eyes at the censor and said, "Why is the tea in your hand trembling?"

Imperial Censor Gu stubbornly retorted, "I was afraid that Jing'er would tarnish the reputation of my Gu family! This girl dared to go to take the imperial examination without my knowledge! If I hadn't discovered that Jing'er wasn't in her room, you ignorant woman would still have been keeping it a secret for her!"

The Censor's wife said, "I was just afraid you would stop Jing'er from going."

The Imperial Censor was speechless for a moment, then changed the subject, saying, "Luckily, I discovered it in time, otherwise it would have delayed Jing'er's palace examination. I was the second-place scholar back then..."

Seeing that the Imperial Censor was starting to talk about the past again, the Imperial Censor's wife anxiously said, "Quickly go and ask why Jing'er hasn't returned yet."

The servant nodded, went out to look around, and then returned happily to report, "Master, Madam, Miss is back!"

Gu Jing entered and bowed, but the Censor's wife quickly stopped her, saying, "No need for that, Jing'er, have you passed?"

Gu Jing nodded and said, "My child passed the exam; he came in first place in the second tier."

The Censor's Wife/The Ancient Censor: "What?!"

Gu Jing repeated, "My child passed the exam; he's the top student in the second tier."

The censor's wife stood up in delight, excitedly urging, "Quick, sit down! Someone, hurry out and buy some firecrackers! Oh, and quickly call the two young masters back..."

The Imperial Censor Gu was overjoyed and quickly put down his teacup, still stubbornly saying, "I can't compare to my past self; I'm merely a mere probationary official..."

The Imperial Censor remained stubborn as always, but the upturned corners of his mouth betrayed him.

Lin Mansion

Lord Lin Hai was overjoyed upon hearing the news, but instead of busying himself with decorations, he said to Lin Jiang, "Your grandfather was a third-ranked scholar, your father was also a third-ranked scholar, and you, Jiang'er, have also passed the imperial examination as a third-ranked scholar. Doesn't that mean our Lin family has three third-ranked scholars?"

I knew it. Our Jiang'er is a woman of great talent, her learning is no less than that of men. If it weren't for her being distracted by music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and needlework, you might have been the first female scholar to achieve the highest rank in the imperial examinations in our Qing Dynasty..."

Jia Mansion

Upon hearing the news, Grandmother Jia began to make her own plans. She originally intended to have her eldest sister, Jia Yuan, become an imperial concubine through a palace selection process.

Unfortunately, Jia Yuan was really unlucky. The retired emperor's empress had long since moved away, and the imperial concubine was jealous and refused to introduce new people. No matter how beautiful Jia Yuan was, what use was she if she couldn't stand the emperor?

Not to mention that she finally made it to the throne after a long wait, and now the new emperor is an empress! If it weren't for Jia Yuan's hard work and passing the imperial examination to become a palace lady in the spring, she would have had to wait several more years before she could leave the palace and get married.

Jia Yuzhu (male) was in poor health and died young.

Jia Yulian (male), Jia Yubao (male), and Jia Yubu (male) were all good-for-nothings. They were arrested by the Imperial Guards for harassing women in the street. No matter how the Jia family tried to find a way to help, it was useless. They were all beaten and sentenced to exile.

Grandmother Jia was in despair; Heaven seemed to have doomed the Jia family, what could she do? But unexpectedly, a glimmer of hope appeared, and all the Jia family's girls passed the imperial examinations!

Grandmother Jia summoned the three girls to her side, pawned her own storeroom dowry, and sent people to spend a large sum of money to teach the three girls how to be officials, placing her hopes on the three sisters.

……

After the palace examination, the assignments for the successful candidates were announced. The top scholar (状元) was appointed as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, a sixth-rank official. The second and third-ranked scholars (榜眼 and 探花) were appointed as editors in the Hanlin Academy, a seventh-rank official.

The top 50 of the second-class Jinshi were selected as principal officers in various ministries, and those ranked 51st to the top 10 of the third class were selected as secretaries, messengers, judges, or doctors.

The 11th to 20th ranked Jinshi (successful candidates in the highest imperial examination) were selected as prefects, the 21st to 50th ranked were selected as judges, and the rest were selected as county magistrates.

Those who excelled in the second and third classes were selected as probationary scholars and studied at the Hanlin Academy for three years. After the final examination, those with outstanding results were appointed to official positions in the Hanlin Academy, while the rest were assigned to various ministries or local government positions.

Lin Jiang was appointed as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, Xue Qiong was appointed as a principal clerk in the Ministry of Personnel, Ling Yun was appointed as a principal clerk in the Ministry of Revenue, and Jia Tan, Hesheli Wenxi, Gu Jing and others were appointed as probationary officials.

Jia Ying was appointed as a Doctor of the Five Classics, a rank of eighth grade. Jia Qi was too young, and even with the help of his grandmother, he was not sent to a post outside the capital, but was instead appointed as a clerk, a rank of ninth grade.

The results of the military examination were also released. Due to the great financial and physical cost of the examination, only four women passed this time. One woman ranked seventh in the second class and was awarded the title of third-class imperial guard. The other two women ranked in the third class and were awarded the title of blue-feathered imperial guard.

One female candidate surprised everyone by passing the martial arts exam and becoming the top martial arts scholar! She was the first female martial arts scholar in history, and was awarded the title of First-Class Imperial Guard, serving at the emperor's side. Her name was Duanwu.